Constitutional Law Keyed to Chemerinsky
Rendell-Baker v. Kohn
Facts
The school in this case provides education to students that have difficulty adhering to the traditional curriculum of the public school districts. The Respondent, Kohn (Respondent), is the administrative director of the privately owned school who accepts students with drug, alcohol, or behavioral problems from local public high schools. Students are referred to the school under Massachusetts Acts of 1972 and the school districts pay the tuition for the referred students. These public funds accounted for 90+% of the school’s operating budget. In 1977, Petitioner was fired by Respondent for her role in a student-staff council tasked with making hiring decisions. In the spring of 1978, five other teachers were fired for writing a letter to the school’s board of directors supporting Respondent’s dismissal. The students responded by picketing the home of the president of the board and were threatened with suspension. A local paper was made aware of the situation and the 5 teachers told the president they were going to form a union.
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